USNM Curators Annual Report - Department of Birds - Eggs: Annual Reports 1891 - 1896

There are unconfirmed stories about the lengths to which U.S. Army officer and later honorary curator Charles Bendire had gone in his avocation as a soldier-ornithologist. One such story has him collecting birds eggs from a nest while under fire from Apache Indians. Putting aside these tales, his skill as an ornithologist and oologist was highly regarded by professional ornithologists like Robert Ridgway, Chief Curator of the United States National Museum's Division of Birds. Please help us transcribe Bendire's annual reports of the work in the Oology (eggs) section from the years 1891 - 1896.